From: hiro <23hiro@gmail.com>
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] 9front FQA 4.2, bootable installation media
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 10:55:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFSF3XODM3Kj=tDb4d-=J79S7ii1gynk+FfcUsDqGcag5kgftA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <af1768ae-52f2-ebcc-2471-d8605d753bf4@offblast.org>
copying the iso into the flash drive only works if you don't already
have a partition layout you want to keep on the drive.
On 2/10/17, Nicolas Owens <mischief@offblast.org> wrote:
> http://fqa.9front.org/fqa4.html#4.2 is now out of date, as the 9front
> ISO now includes the boot hack required that allows simply writing the
> .iso file to a usb flash drive, rather than having to set up the fat by
> hand.
>
> while the procedure might be useful to document, writing the iso to a
> usb flash drive is vastly simpler, especially for new users.
>
> additionally, there's no mention that the procedure described can't be
> done from an ISO, because the filesystem is read only, and 'mk' can't be
> used to compile the '9bootfat mbr pbs' without extra work.
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-10 9:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-10 1:21 Nicolas Owens
2017-02-10 9:55 ` hiro [this message]
2017-02-10 12:49 ` [9front] " cinap_lenrek
2017-02-10 12:56 ` sl
2017-02-10 14:57 ` Caleb Malchik
2017-02-10 16:59 ` cinap_lenrek
2017-02-10 17:07 ` Kurt H Maier
2017-02-12 19:38 ` sl
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